Journalism & Public Relations

Welcome to the CSULB Department of Journalism & Public Relations. We are home to 40 faculty and staff dedicated to excellence in media education. JPR programs are accredited by the ACEJMC and we offer four academic options: a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism, a Bachelor of Arts in Public Relations, a Minor in Journalism and a Minor in Public Relations.

Department Chair and
Professor Jennifer Fleming

Fall 2024

We’re starting the semester off with almost 150 new JPR majors and two big name changes in the department. DIG en Espanol is now ENYE and is fully bilingual, publishing in both Spanish and English, and the Daily 49er, the primary source of campus news and student voices since the university opened 75 years ago, has been renamed to the Long Beach Current. We’re also welcoming two new faculty members this fall: assistant professor Ashley Hopkins, an expert in social media and mobile datamining, and JPR alumna Gabriela Mungarro, communications manager at the Intuit Dome, LA’s latest mega sports-entertainment complex that is the new home of the Los Angeles Clippers. Meanwhile,  JPR advisors are available to meet with matriculated students in person and via Zoom four days a week, and the fourth annual all-alumni JPR Internship Week will be in early December.

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